we have to help mitt romney even though we cannot coordinate with mitt romney. their focus is oftentimes completely different than what the campaign wanted to be. you have conflicting messages, which is not always helpful. the most important thing is that they have to spend more money to get an ad on tv. the unit rate -- if you are a candidate, a tv station has to give it to you. you get a lower cost. you have in some places -- there is a rather complicated thing about if you by early and reserve. buying ad time is not much different than anything else -- you want to look for bargains in the strategic period when they go into by at, they are spending sometimes 10 times as much as the campaign. >> they spend retail while the campaign spends all cell. >> much better way of saying that. -- while the campaign pays wholesale. >> a much better way of saying that. >> they have made an impact, but at the end of the day they did not to the one thing we both agree could have helped mitt romney at least early on, which was the finding came as opposed to letting him be defi

romney really pivots. he uses the initial question to swing us over to obama and the democrats and how they are against wealth, supposedly. there is also the reaction from the audience. one of the thing that was striking about this year's round of primary debates was the role of that live audience and how they became the influence and how people are perceiving them. in general election debates, the audiences seem to be much more behave. clearly, the audience played a big part in the whole tone of that clip you showed. >> warren decker, these candidates have lines and talking points. how you come across conversationally rather than sound like somebody who is regurgitating the talking points you have been rehearsing? >> that is probably one of the most difficult things you could ever do. i think it is one of those things that you can try to do it and improve your ability to do it by practicing a lot and trying to play on moments that would allow you to convey yourself well. the person that was really good at

that mitt romney's message resonated and we will deliver florida for mitt romney. it will be close, but we will pull it off. host: do you think that the senate race will be close? guest: here is what we know. connie mack was down significantly prior to the first debate. any poll that we looked at, it looks like a really tough road for connie mack. after the first debate, when mitt romney began to gain momentum, we saw a huge shift in the polling with connie mack and bill nelson. we verified the polling we saw with some of our own data. connie mack is within striking distance. it is not as close as it is with president obama and mitt romney, but if the momentum continues, and he continues his bus tour, it is possible. host: you were talking about mitt romney's message. on twitter -- guest: governor romney demonstrated a very wide understanding of foreign policy. the countries involved, their leaders. the president of the united states said that night that his foreign policy in the middle east and around the world has been a success. benghazi is burning, we have a de

romney cares about education. when he tells a student that you should borrow money from your parents to go to college, that indicates the degree to which there may not be as much of a focus on the fact that folks like myself, folks like michele, kids who probably attended the university of denver did not have that option. for us to make sure they have the opportunity and can walk through the door, that is vitally important not just to the kids, it is how we will grow the economy over the long term. >> we are running out of time. response to that. >>-- respnd to that. >> i have no plan to cut education funding and grants for people going to college. i am not planning on making changes there. you make a good point. the place you put your money makes it a clear indication on where your heart is. you put $90 million into green jobs. -- $90 billion into green jungles. i am all in favor of green -- $90 billion energy. to greenthat would have hired 2 million teachers. $90 billion. these businesses may have gone out of bu

what mitt romney -- mitt romney did what he had to do. he made this a much more competitive general election. i think president obama, i do not think he did as badly as the pundits are saying this morning. i think, the next debate, he will probably have a different demeanor. the debate last night was much more important to mitt romney than barack obama. i do not know how much this changes the landscape. this race is very competitive. if you look at the eight battleground states, depending on the polls, president obama is winning all of them, but the margins are pretty close. what the debates could do for democrats and the president and also the voters it signals the game is on. i think you will see much more enthusiasm. people talk about research and p.o.s. does the polling for one sub-group, latinos -- >> so you're the conspirators on the left wing of the polling. >> barack obama is ahead by 50 points with latinos. the question is, their enthusiasm was less than 2008. that is another aspect. >> my thinking had been, while it was mathemat

for my road, it was mitt romney. -- for mitt romney, it was my rope. romney. [laughter] he is a very generous man. every year, he gives 10% of his income to charity. [laughter] [applause] knott's fast. [laughter] seriously, i have seen governor romney's de generosity to his church. i must confess. we invited him here to convert. [laughter] [applause] really, governor, your father was from mexico and you have five kids. are you sure you are not catholic? [applause] mr. president, you are not getting a free pass tonight. we arcs -- we are excited to have you here tonight. almost as excited as we were in 2008. although the catholic church does so president obama a. debt of gratitude. jesus taught us if it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of debt -- of heaven. say what you will about the economy. mr. president, it will be a lot easier for a lot more people to get into heaven. [applause] we recognize you have some challenges this year. it is never could when your opponent has produced more sums

then last week mitt romney actually said there's no economist who can say mitt romney's tax plan is $5 trillion. he says that if he says it's not true then it's not true. ok. [applause] it's true then it will not add to the deficit, that leaves one option, asking middle-class families to get rid of the deduction they get for having a home or raising their kids or sending them to college. most folks don't like that idea either. just last week when we were on stage together governor romney decided that instead of changing his plan he would just pretended did not exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? i don't know anything about a $5 trillion tax cut? when he is asked how he will cut the deficit, he says economic the mathematics work by eliminating public funding for pbs. this is not new. this is what he has been saying every time he is asked a question. he says we can cut out pbs. for all you moms and kids, don't worry, somebody finally has found out the big bird. who knew he was driving our deficit? elmo is making a run for the border and oscar is hiding in a trash can. governor romney will l

later in the afternoon, mitt romney and paul ryan will hold a romney and paul ryan will hold a campaign

president. >> governor romney, i'm -- >> governor romney, if you could make it short. see all these people, they've been waiting for you. >> any investments i have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind trust and i understand they do include investments outside the united states including in chinese companies. mr. president, have you looked at your pension? have you looked at your pension? >> i've got say. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> it's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long. i don't check it that afternoon. >> look at your pension, you also have investments in chinese companies. you also have investments outside the united states. >> we are off topic here, governor romney. >> we are a little off topic here. i thought we were talking about immigration. i want to make sure. >> in a could have you sit down governor romney, thank you. >> i do want to make sure we understand something. governor romney said he wasn't referring to arizona as a model for the nation, his top adviser on major leagues immigration is the guy who

and vice versa for romney. >> two items. for romney, i think it is to not look arrogant. you remember that scene from 2008 where john mccain, and i forget what precipitated it, but he looks to obama and point at him and says -- that one. and that reference that really belittles him. many people looked and said this is a racial moment. i think mitt romney has the challenge of not coming off in that way. for obama, i think it is not making any kind of reference to race as an excuse. i think to be safe, he has to basically not broach the subject, and certainly not on terms that would seem like his race is being used as an excuse. which plays into many people's already faulted perceptions about him. >> at any point in the political process, that is one of the most difficult issues america is dealing with. and we do have an african- american president coming in with the advantages of incumbency. anything particular we need to watch -- just for the incumbent versus the challenger? that we can put into our notebook about how to watch? >> i do not know if this qualifies on how to

the closest romney got was within a tie. democrats have a voter registration advantage in this state. host: going back to to thousand a, i want to talk about -- to 2008 statistics, from bloomberg news says nevada has the largest swing state demographic shift since 2008. talk about how that is impacting this election. guest: 26% of the state is latino. this voting block has been shown to hear a lot about the economy, a lot about education. immigration does not rank as the highest this year of interest to these voters. it is an underlying across the board thing. are you saying the right thing on these topics. it is 2/3 versus 1/3 that the voters are split on this. this is what candidates are fighting about. obama made a promise to address it in his first year in office and did not do that. he said he did not have time and did not have a cooperative congress. that has not stopped republicans who say, we can bring a comprehensive immigration reform, which is a term both parties defined differently. they are trying to make that a

romney says hiring more teachers won't grow our economy over the next four years. what about over the next 40 years, what about our economy for the next 40 years? we could gut education, pay for the $5 trillion tax cut or recruit math and science teachers over the next decade helping our young people refocus on science and technology, engineering, math. we should make sure all our young people, our daughters as well as our sons are thriving in these fields. [applause] i've got to tell you, we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified women ready to learn in these fields right now when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. that should be a simple question to answer. [applause] when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said we will get back to you. that should not be a complicated question. people -- equal pay for equal work. i want my daughters paid like somebody else's son is paid for the same job. that is the way forward. [applause] last night, governor romney finally admitted that the governor did not support

didn't mitt romney do a great job for us last night? [applause] you know, this is my second time following condoleezza rice. it is a little intimidating. a tough act to follow. mitt romney had a fantastic first debate. he laid out a vision for the country. we were able to cut through the clutter of all the 30-second attack ads and saw a leader. last night, same thing. cut through the clutter of all the attack ads, and what did we see? we saw a president offering not a single new idea on how to turn things around. we saw a president not offer a single idea or lesson learned from the failures of the last four years. what we saw in mitt romney was a leader who has the solutions, ideas on how to turn this economy around. how to get people back to work, and how to get america back on the right track, and that is what we are going to do on november 6 right here in ohio. we are going to recognize the leadership and make mitt romney the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] here is president obama's problem. his economic ag

-- mitt romney? mitt romney apologized. host: let's look at tom and said governor romney made yesterday about the debate. -- that governor romney made yesterday about the debate. [video clip] >> there is a lot of interest, people want to know who will win, who will score, and in my view it is not winning and losing, or the people themselves, the president and myself. it is about something bigger than that. these debates are about the pathway for word for america that we would choose, and the american people will have to make their choice. i look forward to these debates. i am delighted that we will have three debates. he will be a conversation with the american people that will span almost an entire month. host: mitt romney on the campaign trail yesterday. we have seen the candidates talk about this low expectation game. howard kurtz, caucus through what they have been saying. -- talk us through what they have been saying. guest: the president has been saying governor romney is a good debater, and i am ok, and the run the c

romney. [applause] our two candidates claim both of your parties, the republicans and democrats, are tents, containing extraordinary perverse, even contrary an opposite groups. you two do not have anything over the catholic church. we have both biden and ryan. [laughter] governor romney, thank you i was hoping the republican didate might be governor christie. i would have looked a lot better sitting next to him. mr. president, i trust you will be able to report to mrs. obama that i ate my vegetables and salads. if she had been first lady when i was growing up in the '50s, i would not be in the shape i am in. as many of you may know, i just returned from rome a couple hours ago, where i am bur dissipating in the senate of -- participating in the senate of distance. thanks to the jet, i will be able to return to rome after the conclusion of this evening's meal. [applause] by the way, just before i left this morning, " bennett to it -- pope benedict the 16 pulled me aside and asked me to deliver

congressmen, government romney -- governor romney said among the things he would target would be the corporation for public prog -- public broadcasting and big bird. that got a lot of attention. that is a small fraction of the federal budget. give me some big ticket items you would cut. >> the big ticket items are what we call this pile of mandatory spending. you basically break the federal budget into defense, non-defense spending, and mandatory spending. when it comes to non-defense discretionary spending, what we have tried to do is reverse the combat -- the direction president obama has been going in which they increase that by 20%. the specifics are to reform these entitlement programs. >> such as? >> medicare and social security so they are around. the biggest fastgrowing piece of the federal budget by far is the health care costs for our aging population. i voted to cut defense, part of the rhine budget is to cut defense. everything needs to be cut. i have said publicly. >> what are you referring to? we have requests we have bases are on the world we do not need >> we have bas

but of course i'd work with mitt romney. i can recite a dozen cases we have made this way. >> the coin toss -- i think i got this right, mr. mandel? >> i was inspired to join the marine corps by my grandparents. one of my grandfathers was liberated by allied troops and the other served in the air force. we can debate like this and we can disagree but when the debate is over. we will shake hands. there will not be any punches thrown or shots fired, nobody will be in jail. but in places throughout the world, that is what happens. the rock the world, people who disagree from different political parties are killed if they lose the election or are thrown in jail, where their kids get kidnapped. the great thing we have in this country as we can disagree and debate in an energetic way but once the election is over, there is a peaceful transfer of power. when i raised my right hand to join the marine corps i raised my hand for the of to defend that freedom, and there has been a lot of accusations and claims going both ways, i would

his name is mitt romney. here is, the next president of the united states. ♪ [applause] ["born free" by kid rock playing] >> thank you, colorado. that is a colorado welcome. i have to tell you. thank you. boy, what a place this is. [applause] this is a magnificent place for a guy born in detroit to come here and look at these extraordinary mountains and you look at the handiwork of our creator and it is overwhelming. [applause] there is nothing more then the handiwork of creating a child of god. we want to see the kind of leadership america can bring to the world. paul ryan and i intend to bring it with your help. [applause] you hear the word "grassroots" from time to time. you recognize the most important thing in helping change the course of nation -- of the nation, that is the grass roots of america. that is the people of america. that is who we are tonight. your willingness to be here tonight -- [applause] it makes the difference. there is early voting now. you can take your ballots and send them in if

take mitt romney, for example. he lowered taxes the hard- working -- he pays lower taxes than hard working and middle income families. why is this the case? there are these loopholes that folks that are powerful to have their legion of lobbyists get written into the tax code. it is unfair. i do not think the tax season is during the greenbay packers season. >> let's hope their plan in the super bowl. [laughter] >> i'm listening to each of you and hearing you say you did not want to raise taxes. is that accurate? >> i did not want to raise taxes. what to cut the programs by 5% across the board and give the secretaries the power to reorganize and eliminate programs. we get a grand deal so we can do it, i did simpson bowles has to be on the table. and what my plan on the table and sit down on a bipartisan basis. 60 votes will do it. you have to have some compromise. i'm going to washington to solve the problems, not delay them. a month to fix the problem, fix america to my children and grandchildren can inherit a coun

we cannot do as mitt romney and paul ryan suggest increase military funding by $2 trillion over the next decade. i support a strong defense. but we need to retrench rather than trying to be the policemen of the world. we have too many soldiers, too many troopers scattered around the world. our presence needs to be decreased around the world, not increased, and the united states should stop trying to be the overseer of the world. that will save us billions and billions of dollars. [applause] >> all right. governor johnson. >> we need to provide ourselves with a strong national defense. the operative word here is defense, not offense and not nation building. [applause] >> the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt, that we're borrowing and printing money to the tune of 43 cents out of every dollar we spend. in promising to submit a balanced budget to congress in the year 2013, that would include a 43% reduction in military spending. how does that go down. a 43% reduction in military spending takes us back to 2003 spending level. it is getting ourselves out

at 5:30, rob portman and the state's governor will be with the mitt romney in ohio. tonight at 8:00, mitt romney campaigns in florida. in 45 minutes, we will talk about the history of

>> i disagree with mitt romney's positions on social security and medicaid. we do have a high number of senior citizens, one of the highest in the country. i am somewhat concerned about his positions as far as what he would do to put our social security at risk and to change medicare as we know what's in west virginia. would i have done in order to help maximize the dollars we do have common i brought a national expert in to try to make our system more efficient, try to get a bigger bang for our buck. we will continue to do what we can to get the most efficient use on the dollars we spent in health care. >> since congress enacted the affordable care act, it has been widely criticized and debated. it has been subject to court challenges. here in west virginia, what would you do to ensure that west virginians have access to affordable health care? >> the supreme court ruled, a lot of questions that popped up over that. we have been attempting to do everything we can to get answers to our questions on what states are allowed to do. to this point, the federal gov

just after 11:30 eastern, we will bring you mitt romney from southwestern virginia. southwestern virginia. in about 45

he cites a study, the same thing out of governor romney's strategy. he was wrong then and he is wrong now. it does not analyze anything i did. it does not use the president's. keep in mind to this group is. can i finish? >> 10 more seconds. >> this group endorses senator brown and other republicans and refers to ted kennedy as public enemy number one. that is who they are. >> that is 15. but 45 seconds. >> if anybody thinks the national health care bill is not going to be back for massachusetts, they do not understand the bills. they have not read the bills. it dramatically increases 18 new taxes. medical device companies in massachusetts will be first. our seniors would medicare will be hammered in the coverages and care they get in hospitals. when you look at the chamber of commerce, is the premier independent group. 700,000 jobs. she says the numbers were made up here they are not made up. with all due respect, those numbers are not made of. it was said her involvement in this race is catastrophically anti-business. we cannot continue to focus on r

even in the example of governor romney is suggesting that if we had spending cuts in defense, it would kill jobs in virginia. >> that is where you need leadership from the top. i will point back to the governors. successful governors do two things really well -- provide leadership and propose a bold initiatives to their legislatures. they also have a strategy or a blueprint, if you will, for economic growth for the future. those are the successful governors. >> no president has had the reorganization of authority since ronald reagan. it expired in the 1980's. i think that needs to come back. i would put back the authority lost after the nixon area -- era. there has got to be a combination. you cannot leave the size and the structure of the garment we have in place. this is a government functions on an old model despite a 20 per century technology model. it is painful and slow. look at the demographics of the federal work force. they are aging. attrition would take care of a lot of this, if it could be accompanied by risk management. president obama, the largest management he has -- he

guest: president obama has been here eight times this year, governor romney has been here 6. paul ryan may be eligible to vote, he's been here that much. joe biden has been here once. we have had a lot of its from michelle obama. we have seen plenty of action this cycle. host: bill clinton could be coming to your state. he is scheduled to campaign for the president today in colorado. he was supposed to be in colorado springs tuesday but cancelled due to the storm. guest: pending the outcome of the storm on the east coast, we will see both candidates later in the week. governor romney was here last week and held a rally at red rock and thousands were turned away. the following day, he held a -- president obama held a rally in denver and drew a crowd estimated at 16,000. the governor this week has reserved an amphitheater in the southern suburbs of has a capacity of 18,000 people. there were looking at going to boulder to hold a rally there. they're certainly trying to turn out a lot of voters with momentum. host: one week to go and looking at the momentum in colorado. the numb

and we will cover a speech by mitt romney in iowa focusing on the economy. that's also on c-span2 after 1:00 p.m. eastern it. >> we will have the presidential race events and key congressional events around the couny.

if you were advising the next president, be it obama or romney, to say publicly here are the few things we should do in order to generate economic growth, one would obviously be some kind of comprehensive budget deal, but what else would be the -- on the jamie dimon list? >> america is a great country. the president should recognize one thing for certain. i think this attitude is just not true. we of the best military on the planet and we will four years. we have the most transparent capital markets in spite of what happened. investment, of capital, private equity. we have among the best businesses on the planet, small, medium, and large. i'm not talking about steve jobs. i'm talking about all around the factory line. we need to invest more in capital equipment. i think we have a slight polluted system at this point. transparent capital markets in spite of what happened. investment, of capital, private equity. we have among the best businesses on the planet, small, medium, and large. i'm not talking about steve jobs. i'm talking about all around the factory line. we need to invest more

romney did that hope is not a strategy. i feel sorry for you and lieutenant-colonel would to have to come here because you are on the ground. you are not watching in some faraway room in real time. your people are there in real time. we've watched our colleagues be killed. the question doesn't become what is it that we didn't know? it is because we have become lax. we have done down. by the way, i know it's about the money, although i saw a list of things that were able to do. did you know the embassy in vienna in early may, we did a beautiful presentation of the embassy going green. spent $110,000 on an electrical thing to plug the cars and. we had 100 people and worshiping -- were sipping champagne and my goodness. september 11, we had a tough day. a couple of bombs in the road. >> thank you. >> i have to say i know i'm going over, but the people of america should be outraged to have to sit here and listen to what we're saying and say what are we doing to protect the other embassies? they are true patriots. but you know w

governor romney was a very successful investor. if somebody came to you, governor, with a plan that says, i want to spend $8 trillion, and we will pay for it, but we cannot tell you until after the election how we will do it, you would not have taken such a sketchy deal. neither should you, the american people. the math does not add up. what is at stake here is one of two things. either, candy, this blows up the deficit. keep in mind, this is just to pay for the additional spending he is talking about. that is before we even get to the deficit we already have. or, alternatively, it has to be paid for not only by closing deductions for wealthy individuals, which will pay for about 4% reduction in tax rates, you will be paying for it. you will lose deductions. you cannot buy the sales pitch. nobody who has looked at it that is serious and actually believes it adds up. >> before we get into a massive array of who says what, if it should not add up, if, somehow, when you get in there, there is not enough tax revenue coming in, if someh

mitt romney is a car guy. this is a guy who -- i was talking to a family in massachusetts the other day. their kids were hit in a car crash. two of them were paralyzed. they went to the same church. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys and his wife and gifts. i know you are struggling, do not worry about college, i will pay for it. mitt romney does not tell these stories. it was not the cash, he gave his time, and he has consistently. this is a man who gave 30% of its income to charity, more of the two of us combined. he is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in the country. the vice president knows that sometimes the words do not come out of your mouth the right way. [laughter] >> i always say what i mean. >> we want everybody to succeed. we want to get everybody out of poverty. we believe in opportunity. that is what we're going to push for. >> i have a feeling you have a few things to say. >> the idea, if you heard that soliloquy on 47%, that he just made a mistake, i